English ecclesiastical courts

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English ecclesiastical courts were church-run judicial bodies in England that handled matters such as marriage, morality, wills, and clerical discipline under canon law.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church court ⓘ
ecclesiastical court system ⓘ
appliedLaw canon law ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ
country England ⓘ
higherCourt Court of Arches NERFINISHED ⓘ
Court of Delegates NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Court of Delegates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Stuart period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tudor period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
early modern England ⓘ
medieval England ⓘ
includedCourtType Court of Arches NERFINISHED ⓘ
archdeaconry court ⓘ
consistory court ⓘ
peculiar court ⓘ
prerogative court ⓘ
jurisdiction adultery ⓘ
blasphemy ⓘ
church discipline ⓘ
church property ⓘ
clerical discipline ⓘ
defamation ⓘ
faculty jurisdiction ⓘ
fornication ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
legitimacy ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
matrimonial causes ⓘ
morality ⓘ
pews and seats in church ⓘ
probate ⓘ
testamentary matters ⓘ
tithes ⓘ
wills ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
lostJurisdictionTo civil courts ⓘ
lostMatrimonialJurisdictionTo Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostProbateJurisdictionTo Court of Probate NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
procedureType inquisitorial procedure ⓘ
punishmentType excommunication ⓘ
interdict ⓘ
penance ⓘ
suspension from office ⓘ
relatedTo English legal history ⓘ
canon law of the Church of England ⓘ
significantReform Court of Probate Act 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judicature Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reformation in England NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedOfficial advocate ⓘ
chancellor ⓘ
commissary ⓘ
proctor ⓘ
registrar ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 → relatedTo → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
Measures of the Church of England → enforcedBy → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England
Act in Restraint of Appeals → transferredAppealsTo → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
John Greenwood → opposedBy → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
this entity surface form: ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England